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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni
with managers not on the board? + – The CEO What do you hope I will contribute? Can I see the last 3 board packages? Over the next 3 years, what is the best - and worst - that can happen for the business? Who is your most dangerous... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
its stance on specific issues. Why do we judge government by one standard and the private sector by another? In this book, we argue that the way citizens and government currently think about real-world problems is dangerously narrow. We... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
power, money, and status. “Young leaders are often tempted by external symbols,” he says. “I was in danger of getting caught in that trap at Honeywell, but woke up to recognize I needed to move to Medtronic.” Tests, failure, and humility... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Strategist?
strategy-is a dangerous mirage," Montgomery warns. "The longer you can keep an advantage vibrant, the better. But any advantage is better thought of as part of a bigger story, one frame in a motion picture." Although a company may change... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
business unit and their partners back. Aware of how dangerous hesitant business decisions could be, ZEISS SMT was, once again, at a crossroads. Should SMT focus on investing in the latest lithography technologies, enhancing established... View Details
- 21 Mar 2019
- HBS Case
The Ferrari Way
company was run in a more casual way, with a great deal of informality,” he says. Being accountable to shareholders caused Ferrari to have to get serious about setting performance targets and professionalizing its organizational chart. The View Details
- 26 May 2023
- Blog Post
Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth
the White House Science Fair, and her love for engineering only grew from there. “Engineering wasn’t just problems on a board, but building things to actually help people,” she said. “It’s really dangerous for ice divers to have to go in... View Details
- 20 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
" Take, for example, marine biologist Rachel Carson, who alerted the public to the dangers of pesticides in the 1950s; Donald Trump, who, throughout 2016, rallied citizens around the slogan “Make America Great Again;” or Teresa... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Recent articles
Don't Deny the Facts
Investor's Business Daily, April 27, 2010
The ability to see facts objectively is paramount to business success. An interview with Richard S.... View Details
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
talk about health, given how dangerous their products are to public and personal health. However, most people don’t have a clear view into the internal motivations of a company. Instead our relationship with a company is based primarily... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
that lives and dies by its ideas." Edmondson says this reluctance to speak up stems variously from fears that superiors will not like the idea or that it may appear to criticize the status quo, which most people find reassuringly familiar or View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 28 Nov 2023
- Book
Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?
about the potential dangers of unlimited states, and with deep knowledge of how power is practiced in whatever regime they are in. “I suggest students think in terms of political empathy—asking how different constituencies that matter to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
Many of the CEOs we heard from highlighted their concerns about getting communication right, particularly communication with their employees. How often? What platform? What tone? In Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 19 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution
Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw & Matthew Weinzierl
- 24 Feb 2021
- Lessons from the Classroom
What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace
aggressive, too quick to push back on others, that will lead to conflict,” Malhotra says. “So you should be more patient, more pliant, more forgiving when conflict has the potential to escalate. But even this seemingly reasonable conclusion is View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
Sharon Richmond pointed out that, "Because 'trust' is elusive Leaders must always be mindful of their context and audience, and communicate accordingly." And Phil Clark reminded us that "Transparency without context is View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- November – December 2008
- Article
Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?
By: Anette Mikes
Risk management departments in financial institutions have been undergoing major transformations. New regulatory requirements have raised the bar on compliance, and expanded the remit of risk management significantly. The compliance imperative requires banks to... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships
Mikes, Anette. "Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?" Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions 2, no. 1 (November–December 2008).
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
world seems suddenly uncertain. There are new questions about where we are going as a people, as business leaders, and as good citizens. Leaders have to be able to manage in stable, prosperous times and also in very uncertain, dangerous... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
leadership roles at Procter & Gamble and Nestlé before becoming CEO of Unilever in 2009. Observing the dangers of global warming, Polman focused on sustainability, introducing Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan and applying it to... View Details
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Events - Business History
relationships between capitalists and political elites changed, and economic outcomes diverged. While state-business ties in Indonesia and China created dangerous dynamics like capital flight, fraud, and financial crisis, Malaysia's... View Details